2 more Canadians reported dead in Haiti

OTTAWA — The bodies of two more Canadians have been recovered from the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Port-au-Prince, raising the number of Canadians confirmed killed by the massive earthquake in Haiti to 21.

The dead were identified in news reports as Katherine Hadley, a 30-year-old environmental engineer from Ottawa, and Anne Chabot, a 46-year-old civil servant from Montreal who worked for the Quebec government.

The bodies of both Canadians were found Tuesday in the rubble of the Hotel Montana, a popular hotel with foreigners, which collapsed in the massive magnitude-7.0 earthquake along with many of the buildings in the capital Port-au-Prince.

Hadley's colleague Chris Ludwig posted a message confirming her death on the "Help Find Katie" Facebook page late Tuesday night. The page has more than 2,800 members.

"I relay this message with profound sadness. Earlier today, Foreign Affairs confirmed with Katie's family that Katie was one of the victims of the earthquake in Haiti, where her body has now been found and identified. In the words of Katie's friends, we can't imagine a world without her; but that is the world we now live in," he wrote.

"Katie was an incredible person, and the love, support and caring shown by each one of you here is a testament to that.

"Katie's family have informed me that Katie will be coming home to Canada where they will hold a memorial service for her. More information will be posted as soon as it is available."

Hadley arrived in Haiti on the afternoon of Jan. 12, not two hours before the earthquake struck. She had travelled to the Caribbean nation to provide environmental consulting for the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Chabot was working on setting up an Internet portal for the Haitian government.

The tragedy has now claimed the lives of at least 21 Canadians, while Foreign Affairs said 147 who had been in Haiti at the time of the quake were still missing.

The catastrophe's death toll was estimated to be at least 150,000.

News of Hadley's death comes the same day of the funeral of a second National Capital-area quake victim. RCMP Supt. Doug Coates of Gatineau was killed in the collapse of the United Nations headquarters building in Port-au-Prince. Coates was acting commissioner of the UN police force in Haiti.

His funeral will be held Wednesday at Beechwood Cemetery.

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